President Obama should make tax cuts a centerpiece in his State of the Union address tonight, according to a Detroit Free Press columnist, and Michael LaFaive, director of the Morey Fiscal Policy Center, agrees.
LaFaive told Stephen Henderson that the president should cut marginal tax rates, rather than offer rebates. Henderson also said Obama should "embrace health savings accounts," and allowing companies to sell health insurance across state lines, two ideas Center scholars have addressed in the past.
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